Sandman Vol. 1 because it's a fantastic read, and it's on the Bomb list.
Also, really glad /u/wee-pixie and /u/supernovaeyes won the big prizes, 'cos I like you guys. I mean, not as glad as I'd be if I'd won them, but still pretty glad ;)
In my experience, the difference between comics and graphic novels can be pretty blurred, and is often more about the presentation (in terms of paper quality and cover thickness) and quantity (the contents of several comics may be printed in a single volume to create a graphic novel) - for example "Preludes and Nocturnes" can easily be considered as a graphic novel, however its contents were originally published as eight comic issues.
Get them in this order: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)#The_Sandman_Library
Start with this one
Sandman Vol. 1 because it's a fantastic read, and it's on the Bomb list.
Also, really glad /u/wee-pixie and /u/supernovaeyes won the big prizes, 'cos I like you guys. I mean, not as glad as I'd be if I'd won them, but still pretty glad ;)
In my experience, the difference between comics and graphic novels can be pretty blurred, and is often more about the presentation (in terms of paper quality and cover thickness) and quantity (the contents of several comics may be printed in a single volume to create a graphic novel) - for example "Preludes and Nocturnes" can easily be considered as a graphic novel, however its contents were originally published as eight comic issues.